About Beth & Dream, girl.
About Beth & Dream, girl.
As a church volunteer, youth and small group leader, Beth Andrews has worked alongside high schoolers and young adults four decades.
“Year after year, some girls needed guidance to make it through those dreaming years from teen to adult.”
During Beth’s mission to help others find their vision and clarity, her own difficult journey of finding what she was created to do resurfaced. Each daily prayer exposed the void of never discovering all she had been created to do.
In her mission to write a prayer book and stop the year after year frustration of high school girls struggling to find their purpose, she was shocked to realize she needed help, too.
“There have been moments throughout my adult years where I wondered how life could be more. I didn’t fully know who I was or where I was going, and I really wanted to know. The urge became stronger as the years went by, but the busyness of life kept me from doing anything about it. I had a good life and felt like I had no right to complain, but I knew there was more for me to accomplish.”
Beth would be nearer to forty than eighteen when she admitted not knowing how to discover all she had been created to do. She let go of her pride and stopped ignoring the One who has every solution we would ever need.
“These prayers were different from anything I ever spoke to God. I sat still and didn’t do three other things while talking to Him. I let go of what I thought I should say and said everything I needed to say whether or not I should. I confessed I halfway believed He cared about what happened to me. That faulty assumption of mine limited the time I spent with Him.”
The Story
This desire wasn’t for achievement but to feel whole and eliminate the daily wondering about who she was and when would she find the purpose He designed just for her.
“My Christian journey revealed I knew a lot of stories about Him but hadn’t saved any meaningful time each day to be quiet and get to know Him. I was eager to find everything God created for me to accomplish for His plans.”
The Journey
“I started a daily prayer journey talking to God everyday. I admitted my lack of trust in Him. I long ago asked Jesus to save me, but I didn’t want God to guide me. I said I was being honest, right?”
Beth said the hard part out loud confessing she knew God created her and loved her but wasn’t sure how much He cared.
“I decided to believe He cared no matter what, and I asked Him to show everything He put inside us.”
I determined the only way forward was to start trusting God and to seek the One who created us.
The Conversation
“The biggest discovery of all is learning about me became less important. God showed me the truth about who He is and not the terrible way I mischaracterized Him.”The Way
“Somewhere along my life I decided God was hard for me to fully trust. I committed to a prayer journey with Him to find the way He created for me and for any girl like me who couldn’t figure out who she was and where she was going.”
Beth continued to admit all of her feelings to Him, good and bad. The road was hard and challenging at times, but she gained the clarity about life she was desperate to see.
“Actual vision of the talent in me emerged and pathways opened on how to use my skills. I was spiritually stuck. In this continual, daily pursuit of God, He walked me into all He created me to be. The biggest discovery of all is learning about me became less important. More awesome than anything else was God showing me the truth about who He is and not the terrible way I mischaracterized Him.”
Beth also saw how her questions were beginning to have answers. The questions she had been asking for so long and as a struggler was unable to find the answers on her own. God made room for her to be His daughter from the very beginning.
The Truth.
“I learned about God’s character first and then learned more about me. He showed me all the wrong ways I thought about Him. God is infinitely concerned about us and intervenes on our behalf.”
And then the miracles. Our relationship with God can continue to strengthen and grow. He works through life’s challenges with us.
“I can’t believe I never before committed to spend time with Him everyday. I dared to believe God is good. And to believe He is the answer to all my problems and never the cause of them. God is real, and He cares.”
“No longer wonder who you are and where you are going. Believe God, tame your fear, discover yourself, and grab your life.”
It’s time to stop listening to the lies in our heads about God and the lies we speak to ourselves. I am cheering for each and every one wanting to move further into life. “Believe God,” is a great place to start. Believe He cares.
The Values of Dream, girl
Believe God. He is the truth.
Tame your fear. Fear can be overpowered.
Know who you are. You are valuable.
Grab your life. Yes, that…grab your life.
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